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==Possible values and their effects== | ==Possible values and their effects== | ||
Amount of time in seconds to keep keep-alive connections alive. Default: | Amount of time in seconds to keep keep-alive connections alive. Default: 115 seconds. | ||
==Caveats== | ==Caveats== | ||
* This preference only has an effect if [[network.http.keep-alive]] is true. | * This preference only has an effect if [[network.http.keep-alive]] is true. | ||
* Setting this to more than 115 probably won't help and will make things worse. (See the discussion page.) | |||
==First checked in== | ==First checked in== | ||
Latest revision as of 19:13, 28 September 2011
Background
HTTP is the application-layer protocol that most web pages are transferred with. HTTP keep-alive connections can be re-used for multiple requests, as opposed to non-keep-alive connections, which are limited to one request. Using keep-alive connections improves performance. This preference determines how long keep-alive connections are kept alive.
Possible values and their effects
Amount of time in seconds to keep keep-alive connections alive. Default: 115 seconds.
Caveats
- This preference only has an effect if network.http.keep-alive is true.
- Setting this to more than 115 probably won't help and will make things worse. (See the discussion page.)
First checked in
Has an effect in
- Netscape (all versions since 6.1)
- Mozilla Suite (all versions since 0.9)
- Mozilla Phoenix (all versions)
- Mozilla Firebird (all versions)
- Mozilla Firefox (all versions)
- SeaMonkey (all versions)
- Camino (all versions)
- Minimo (all versions)
Related bugs
Related preferences
- network.http.keep-alive
- network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy
- network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server
